So, last week a new Muppets movie came out. (And they put out about a million different trailers, and I have had to watch them all multiple times. Evil marketing, Disney.) I went to see it opening night with my

Hello? Hello? Hey, is this thing on? If you have managed to stumble here on this, the most commercial of days, I hope that if you ventured outside into the consumerism that you met nice, friendly people full of holiday

Well, my fellow Wrimos, Nano ends next Wednesday. You should be somewhere around 36K to be on track. I can’t say this enough, but DON’T PANIC. If you’re behind, you still have time. A lot of Americans use Thanksgiving weekend

Well, my friends, we have come to the end of the series and the end of our re-read. Voldemort has been vanquished, though the costs have been high, and we have lost loved ones along the way. I was fourteen

Arthurian Fantasy can be considered a subgenre of the subgenre of Mythic Fantasy (how’s that for getting somewhat meta?). Mythic Fantasy (which we have yet to get to), involves weaving mythological elements into a story’s world or plot. Arthurian Fantasy

Oh, November, I feel like you are messing with us. How can it possibly be week three already? Is it really Thanksgiving in a week? I am doomed. But anyway. Week Three. At this point, everyone is, in theory, halfway

Ebooks! Wave of the future! Whether or not you prefer your novels cheap and virtual or paper, if you’re self-publishing these days you need to have your book on as many platforms as possible to reach the widest readership. Ebooks

The Dying Earth subgenre is very similar to the apocalyptic fiction subgenre we explored earlier. The key difference between the two is that apocalyptic fiction tends to deal with some major catastrophe that is threatening all life, whereas in Dying

Well, Squiders, we’re about a third of the way through November. How goes your word counts? How goes your motivation? Week Two tends to be a bad week. Your enthusiasm has waned, you start to hit points in your story